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EPISODE #270: SLUMGULLION STEW

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Night has fallen on the desert. So let’s settle ourselves around the campfire and maybe cook up a big cauldron of Hobo Stew . . . otherwise known as Slumgullion Stew! Our pot includes Gila Monster venom, Yucca Man tales, and the various mysteries of Divine Wisdom. Here’s how ol’ Cactus Ed Abbey describes such a feast of scraps:

“Slumgullion Stew is the name of a dish popular among hoboes and other knights of the open road. Into a big pot over an open fire, each man throws whatever he has to contribute: a stolen chicken, a hambone, a can of beans, a jar of salsa, an old shoe — anything edible. Like any serious stew, like human society itself, slumgullion should be stirred up frequently, or you’ll get a lot of scum on top.”

This is EPISODE #270: SLUMGULLION STEW. Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks to our beloved patrons for making this show possible. Become a patron tonight and support the radio show you love! Listen to this episode on the radio, KCDZ 107.7 FM, 10 o’clock Friday night.

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EPISODE #269: THE GOLD HILL SANDMAN

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Gold Hill Sandman, Nevada

A terrible 10-foot-tall monster was sighted on September 15, 1980, just off Nevada State Route 341, north of Silver City, just past Devil’s Gate and to your left. Part of the old American Flats Comstock mining complex, as you’re coming up on Gold Hill. The witnesses were security guards for the mining company. A busy job because the various ruins of the old mining complex, which closed down by 1927, were the favorite hangout of kids and teenagers and hippies and whole families from the small-town desert hills. In part because there’s a swimmin’ hole in the creek there, down in the trees beneath the old mill. People would come in on dirt bikes and ATVs, driving pickups and hotrods, to escape the summer heat in the cool shade of riparian cottonwoods and willows. The creature watched them, from above . . . .

This is EPISODE #269: THE GOLD HILL SANDMAN. Soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Thanks to our beloved patrons for making this show possible. Become a patron tonight and support the radio show you love! Listen to this episode on the radio, KCDZ 107.7 FM, 10 o’clock Friday night.

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EPISODE #139: HARVEST OF SOULS

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We’re back from the road with a new episode to celebrate the most glorious time of year: October, Autumn, Harvest, Fall, whatever you all it. It’s EPISODE #139: HARVEST OF SOULS. With new nocturnal gospel music from RedBlueBlackSilver, and strange tales phoned in from our listeners, recorded live in Chicago at Illuminated Brew Works Lodge #1.

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WEIRD TIMES AT THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE

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Come to the Old Schoolhouse Museum in lovely 29 Palms, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 8 for strange desert tales from Ken Layne, editor, publisher & host of the Desert Oracle family of media & entertainment properties.

From the press release:

Sponsored by the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park and the Twentynine Palms Historical Society, this lecture is held at the Old Schoolhouse Museum, 6760 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, on Friday, February 8 at 7 pm. This lecture is open to the public and costs $5 per person at the door. Optional dinner with speaker at 5 pm at the 29 Palms Inn, reservations are limited and attendees are responsible for their own meal. If interested in dinner please RSVP to at 760-367-5539 before Wednesday, February 6.

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For further press information, please see https://desertoracle.com/press or call the Desert Institute at (760) 367-5535.

And do not forget: We’ve got the last scheduled Campfire Stories coming up at the @AceHotel Palm Springs, Thursday the 31st of January, outside around the campfire, guaranteed eerie times for one & all, free to attend. And yes there’s a bar, we do have basic manners.

#042: OF FIRE AND MONSTERS

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Night has fallen on the desert, and that’s when we like to tell monster stories. Weird tales.

When there’s trouble on the edge of civilization—where the wilderness meets what mankind makes—well here we encounter fierce things both natural and supernatural.

New soundscapes from RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, and a visit from our Phoenix friend Jason P. Woodbury.

Subscribe at iTunes or wherever you choose to get your podcasts. Or better yet: Listen live at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in the High Desert, “from Amboy to Zzyzx,” and across the Great Mojave Wilderness!

STRANGE TALES AT THE HI-DESERT NATURE MUSEUM

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MBHS Hi-Desert Nature Museum Desert Oracle
DESERT ORACLE editor Ken Layne will be presenting a spooky talk on desert folklore & various monsters at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. This is the Morongo Basin Historical Society’s “Second Wednesday Lecture Series.” $5 donation to MBHS at the door, get there early to get a seat!

#041: CULMINATION OF THE PLEIADES

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Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals. Tonight we address the real reason for Halloween (and how you can celebrate it on Nov. 21), tell monster stories around the campfire, and share the glad tidings of Oumuamua, the alien space probe that shot by Earth last year.

EVENT ALERT: Host & DESERT ORACLE editor Ken Layne will be presenting a spooky talk on desert monsters at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. This is the Morongo Basin Historical Society’s “Second Wednesday Lecture Series.” $5 donation to MBHS at the door, get there early to get a seat!

Subscribe at iTunes or wherever you choose to get your podcasts. Or better yet: Listen live at 10 p.m. on KCDZ 107.7 FM in Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, Pioneertown, Landers, Morongo Valley, Flamingo Heights, Wonder Valley—”from Amboy to Zzyzx,” and across the Great Mojave Wilderness!

SEASON 2 BEGINS FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 14 2018

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Tune in this Friday night: KCDZ 107.7 FM in the High Desert. Check your Desert Oracle Radio podcast subscription; new episode will be there Friday evening.

EPISODE #021: THE DESERT IN WINTER

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An all-new episode, all about wintertime in the Mojave. We are not having much of a winter this year, but perhaps we will again. ALSO: How to summon Yucca Man. AND: The Desert Oracle Mailbag. NEW TRACK from RedBlueBlackSilver tonight, plus the usual ruckus with the coyotes and the wind and the ravens and the Other Things.

Listen live on the radio in the High Desert, 10 p.m. Fridays on KCDZ 107.7 FM, or stream the program live from get the podcast via your favorite podcast provider.

DESERT ORACLE RADIO: EPISODE #001

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PHOTO: Ken Layne (Desert Oracle) and Jeremy Corbell (ExtraordinaryBeliefs.com) at Cultus Camp, Pioneertown, Calif.

Now is the time for DESERT ORACLE RADIO, premiering at 10 p.m. Friday, June 23, on KCDZ Z107.7 FM in Joshua Tree and broadcasting throughout the Mojave Hi-Desert.

Hosted by the magazine’s editor and publisher, Ken Layne, DESERT ORACLE RADIO is the perfect Friday night soundtrack, whether driving across the lonesome Mojave or at home with the coyotes howling outside. Expect evocative tales of lost mines, UFOs, missing tourists, secret military projects, local legends, weird animals and weirder people.

Listen on your radio or stream the program live at Z1077fm.com, and download full episodes each week from iTunes.

EPISODE #001: Tales of Yucca Man, a baffling phone call from Brendan Maze, UFO legends, the Desert Oracle Mailbag, and an illuminating visit with Pioneertown filmmaker Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell of ExtraordinaryBeliefs.com.